Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Name Calling


Growing up, kin calls me Katrina;
And then there was Kuting;
I was Anna K. to elementary friends and classmates;
Neighbors and the like call me Anna.

Old friends still call me Kakat;
But Kat is more acceptable.
Former officemates would call me Kat L;
And then later on, I would respond to KL or even Katsky.

Nanay calls me Tina;
Iya calls me Trina.
Mom calls me Anna Katrina when I did something awful;
My little students call me Teacher Meow.

I am Beb to my beau;
Kathryn, Kathy, Kath - my current officemates call me.
I am Ina to some strangers, at times.
But nothing beats when siblings and cousins would call me Ate Kat.